Orthodox Quote for January 13
“If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for...
Elder St. Porphyrios on Nurturing the Faith
“Why I want you to devote yourselves more to the study of the Old and New Testament and to the hymns and poetic canons. Read the Church Fathers with...
Orthodox Quote for January 12
“Fortunate are those who know their state and are humbled, and again unfortunate are those who do not know their state, but are arrogant. Fortunate is the person who...
Elder St. Paisios on Wordly Emptiness
“When one does not believe in the other life, he seeks to know this world, to enjoy in this life one thing and then another and another … but...
Orthodox Quote for January 11
“Every internal movement which the Spirit stimulates within us, every desire for what is good, every fine inspiration we feel, are indications of what our Beloved engenders within us...
Orthodox Quote for January 10
In spiritual life there can be no peace, in the spiritual life there is always a struggle with our thoughts, with our sins, but it is so that we...
Orthodox Quote for January 9
“…you’ll see, our Benevolent God will find a way for these kind-hearted people, either with trials and tribulations, with illnesses, hardships, with an earthquake, a lightning bolt, a deluge,...
Orthodox Quote for January 8
“To give one’s heart to God is to dedicate our whole life to him. This dedication does not require that we renounce all that we have. We are merely...
Elder St. Paisios on Effortless ‘Holiness’
“Unfortunately, in our day, words and books have multiplied and experiences have diminished, because the worldly spirit, which pursues all conveniences and avoids all bodily effort, influences people. Most...
Orthodox Quote for January 7
“Delicacies are my pleasure while my soul goes hungry…Break the stone that is my heart, saving Jesus, so that the inner me may be softened and a stream of...